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:celebrate I LOVE BANTAMS and the Snack size eggs!!!!:wee:jumpy Where did you order from? My Pet Chicken What did you order? 5 Bantam Green Queen Easter Egger Bantams Green Egg Layer When will they hatch/how many weeks or months left? Hatch is April 6 so they go into the incubator on...

:celebrate I am super egg-cited!!!! Where did you order from? My Pet Chicken What did you order? Three Cream Legbars; Three Exchequer Leghorns (black and white checked) Two Anaconas all black When will they hatch/how many weeks or months left? They haven't even entered the incubator yet...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first chickens back in 2008/2009 I had Silver and golden laced Wyandottes, Chicken math....I ended up with 55 chickens which were WAY WAY WAY too Many. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have three...

Tonight I will test out my incubator as I have just received it and see if it works. I have never incubated eggs this way - I have always had broody hens do the work. I am receiving 3 Bielefelder eggs 6 BlueBar Cuckoo Eggs All from MPC Never before ever tried to hatch...

Hello: I have no chickens currently so I got an incubator: Brinsea Mini Eco Incubator that can hatch 10 eggs and I will have delivered 9 eggs froM MPC. I have questions: It did not come with any samples of the Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant: So what can I use as a substitute It says to...

Caroline Jacksonville. FL About to be an empty nester as my baby girl is leaving us to attend Sewanee in Tennessee...And my son is off living his life in California. My husband and I are looking at each other like - Uhm Hi - I sort of remember you. I know you never stop being parents but my...

So after a very long Hiatus and losing my chickens to a fox a long while ago - I decided to buy an incubator and hatch some eggs. It just shipped and I have never done this before soooo. Kind of Nervous. My eggs are to arrive around the week of July 4th from my pet chicken - really hoping I...

My husband has always been a little less than enthusiastic about my chickens but has always ben reluctantly supportive. He built my run, coops and feeders. I know he is not really a chicken lover. He does it for me. Usually, when I tell him I want to order more chickens he is not super happy...

I have acquired my neighbors geese and posted my clueless questions before. I have been trying to make friendly with the geese and today for the first time the alpha Gander came very close to me. Then he lowered his head and hissed at me, his wings were not out. I felt this hissing was an...

I am just curious. I have bantam cochins not good layers anyway and a dominique, two blue orps and one black orp. They all look ready to lay - bright cherry combs but alas no eggs yet. Just thought I would check in with all of you who had September chicks to see if anyone has had some first...

My elderly neighbor is moving to an assisted living place and cannot take her geese or turkeys. (posted similar questions regarding turkeys on turkey page) She asked my husband to take them. What I know about Geese - NADA My Mom whose nick name is Little goosey because when she was 4 or...

My elderly neighbor convinced my husband to take on her geese and turkeys because she must leave them behind as she is moving to a assisted aid home and cannot take them with her, Being a big hearted guy - of course he says and we have chickens so how much harder can it be,,,,, So I am...

Hello. I am a Kappa Delta from San Jose State and I thought it would be interesting to know if there are other Greeks on the forum. In Jacksonville we have the Jacksonville Alumnae Panhellenic Association and it has been in around for almost 100 years in this town. In College I pretty much...

I searched and searched but never found a place for Discussions about Blue Orpingtons. I have a couple of chicks so I am not by any means an authority but I was hoping others with more experience would come join the thread and post pictures. So here are some questions: How many Blue...

I was reading a thread about fermenting feed for Meaties and it had an article about having to introduce the fermented feed to chicks but A) how do you do it B) is it good for layer birds because the pictures are fantastic but they are all meaties. Caroline

I am turning a page and being hopeful that this shipment will be okay so .... I am expecting 3 blue Orpingtons, 3 Dominiques, and 6 bantam mottled cochins! Hoping the weather stays cool and everything will be A okay! Caroline

My post master called early before 7. She was frantic. My box of chicks was not peeping. She peeked in and saw no movement. Sure enough - none survived. Three employees came out when I arrived. They were all in tears. I signed the receipt and opened the box to confirm that none...

My former boss called. Her friends tenant has 5 chickens and had then in their home.....in an apartment with no yard.....anyway....They were told to remove the chickens ASAP. The folks had no where to send them and knowing I live on a farm and currently have 3 roosters - My former boss called...

One thing I noticed was that my layer hens get bumble footed. I was reading that one cause is from jumping down from high roosts. I have four coops two are a framed with the roosts only inches off of the top floor and they must use the ladder to get down to the run and out into the yard...

Our ship date is September 3rd. I am excited. I ordered 6 cochin bantams and 6 Standards 2 Barred Rocks, 2 blue orps, and 2 Blue Copper Marans. I am very excited. I am setting up the coops, repainting, replacing the vinyl flooring, getting everything spiffy. I have had chickens before...